Talk:Decca tree

I'm astonished by the claim that the Decca Tree "is the most commonly used spaced-pair technique." First of all, no arrangement of three microphones is a spaced pair! But even among setups of spaced main microphones, is it really used more often than ordinary spaced omnis (A/B), or three-microphone setups in which the center microphone is not set forward from the main left and right microphones? I doubt that very much.

If no one can document this claim, I suggest that it be struck or at least put into a context in which it is minimally plausible. DSatz 15:17, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

link to wikirecording.org
There's a link to the wikirecording.org website which appears to be defunct. mvdhout (talk) 09:41, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

On the Neumann M 50 and why it works in this configuration
Under "Microphones" it should be noted that the Neumann M 50 design has the small pressure transducer embedded in a 4 cm sphere, which makes the microphone somewhat directional in the upper midrange as well as at high frequencies. This may require a photograph and a frequency response chart to make clear. It is significant because without the sphere, the microphones would require being placed more closely to the sound sources to achieve the necessary clarity. The sphere allows the microphones to be placed more distantly, which gives better blending and a "rounder" (more reverberant) sound overall, without loss of focus. -- When Schoeps recommends their MK 2S omni capsule for this application, they include the use of a 4 cm sphere accessory (KA 40) that slips over the capsule. DSatz (talk) 09:52, 1 February 2019 (UTC)